Craig Berridge

Craig Berridge is the Patricia Goldman-Rakic Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. 1988, University of Florida

Research Interests

My research focuses on the neurobiology of stress, arousal and cognitive enhancers used in the treatment of ADHD. We take a multidisciplinary approach that includes anatomical, neurochemical, behavioral, electrophysiological, computational and, most recently, viral vector-based ontogenetic and chemogenetic methods. Much of our current work is focused on understanding the neurotransmitter and circuit mechanisms through which ADHD-related drugs and stress alter higher cognitive function dependent on the prefrontal cortex and extended frontostriatal circuitry.

Berridge, CW and Foote, SL (1996) Enhancement of behavioral electroencephalographic (EEG), and electromyographic (EMG) indices of waking following stimulation of noradrenergic -receptors located within the medial septal region of the basal forebrain in the unanesthetized rat. Journal of Neuroscience, 16:6999-7009.